At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

André Gide

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

Thomas Huxley

What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.

Pablo Picasso

Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

My biggest dream since I was a kid was to be the woman sneaking on the pirate ship dressed like a man, who was this great sword fighter, and the captain fell in love with her.

Maria Bello

I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

Mahatma Gandhi

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.

Kenneth Scott Latourette

I've met a lot of people who've lost their jobs and they still have a sense of humor.

Louis C. K.

My thoughts are like stars I can't fathom into constellations

John Green

I save my dreams and hopes for my kids. When I'm making a wish under a bridge or tunnel, it's always for them.

Alison Sweeney

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

Cyril Connolly

There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.

Charles Baudelaire, Intimate Jou